Shop art print and framed art La Gare du Luxembourg à Bruxelles by Henri Ottmann
Subjects : Urban
Keywords : Belgium, Brussels, grey, rail, station, train
(Ref : 11555) © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) /Hervé Lewandowski
La Gare du Luxembourg à Bruxelles by Henri Ottmann(Ref : 11555) © RMN (Musée d'Orsay) /Hervé Lewandowski
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La Gare du Luxembourg à Bruxelles OF Henri Ottmann

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La Gare du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
The Luxembourg Station in Brussels is a 1903 painting by Henri Ottmann. It's displayed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
In the Salon of Free Aesthetics, Brussels, 1903, Henri Ottmann for the first time exhibited three views of the Luxembourg station, picturing one weather condition for each view: wind, frost and fog. It is probable that the painting was one of these three.
The point of view is from a bridge which shadows the crossing train tracks. The signal stands just behind the frame, the painting shows its top. This motif is similar to Claude Monet's Track signals outside Saint-Lazare station, 1877 (Hanover, Lower Saxony State Museum). Ottmann was inspired by French Impressionists, particularly Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Picturing modern subjects in an ornamental way was one of the points of interest of [...]
This artwork is a painting from the modern period. It belongs to the post-impressionism style.
« La Gare du Luxembourg à Bruxelles » is kept at Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France.
Find the full description of La Gare du Luxembourg à Bruxelles by Henri Ottmann on Wikipedia.
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